Chapter 10, Problem 9GP

Summary Introduction

To determine:

The eyes of a woman are color blind or not, in the case when a woman is a carrier for red-green color blindness having genotype ${\text{X}}^{\text{C}}\text{X}$. Where   ${\text{X}}^{\text{C}}$ represent the chromosome with allele conferring color blindness and $\text{X}$ represent the chromosome with the normal color vision allele.

Concept introduction:

Red-green color blindness also known as the “protanopia-deuteranopia”. Protanopia occurs due to the lacking of the red cones in the eyes. While deuteranopia occurs due to the lacking of the green cones in the eyes. It is an X-linked recessive disorder. This disease is mostly found in the male in comparison to the female, but a female act as a carrier to the disease. In the red-color blindness, an individual is unable to distinguish between red and green color.